The Whip of the God of Basketball

The conflicts of the Celtics training day were finally resolved properly. Before Dennis Rodman rushed out of the arena and was directly caught by the media, his old Bulls teammate Steve Kerr pulled him off. come back. If there is anyone besides Leon who can persuade Rodman in the Celtics, it is only this year's team's new aid Cole.

　　 However, even if he did not leave the training hall, Rodman did not participate in the team's collective offensive training in the afternoon. Rodman is also dispensable in O'Brien's offensive system anyway. Rodman vented all his sullenness in the power room.

In the offensive system, O'Brien changed the past Pitino's excessive pursuit of three-pointers, and decided to take an offensive line that is balanced inside and outside. With Antoine Walker and Paul Pierce as the absolute core of the offense, one inside, one outside and one left. On the right, the requirements for other players in the offense are not to occupy the ball, to run without the ball, to seize the open opportunity and to strive for offensive rebounds.

　　 Tactical training is boring, especially for young players, their every move will be filmed by the video recorder, after the training is over, edited, and then watch the video to correct the mistakes in the tactical position. As a typical academic coach, O'Brien, who has been in college for many years, has a wealth of tactical reserves. On the sidelines, he can easily point out the players' mistakes in running positions without even reading the tactical manual.

"At this point you should play the ball! Why don't you play, Gilbert? Don't only have the basket in your eyes. Look at your teammates and see their chances of running." O'Brien was very popular today. , Arenas was reprimanded for failing to deliver the ball in a tactical match.

　　 NBA’s tactical training is more biased towards actual combat, with fewer routines but with more changes, and because the offensive time has been reduced from 30 seconds to 24 seconds in the NCAA, the reaction time for players is reduced, requiring players to make judgments in a short time.

　　 This makes new players like Arenas very uncomfortable. Although he did a lot of personal training during the offseason, the tactical awareness is not something that can be obtained by himself or watching videos.

　　In contrast, veteran players like Steve Kerr are completely familiar with this tactical training, and they can run the prescribed routines with their eyes closed. Seeing Arenas being reprimanded, he went to Arenas to comfort and guide him. Arenas' position at the University of Arizona has always been between the point guard and the shooting guard. Now when the Celtics are placed at the point guard position, he is obviously still a bit uncomfortable.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, the first day of training ended in a mess with bad discipline and noisy. Some players went directly to the physiotherapy room to take a shower and change clothes, ready to go home and enjoy the time after work, while some players stayed and continued. Plus practice. This is the difference between NBA and college training. Everyone is relatively free. Whether they are willing to use non-working time to hone their skills is purely a matter of personal opinion. Pierce, Michael Reid and Arenas all chose to stay. Dennis Rodman ran away after an hour in the gym.

　　 Leon is going to stay and watch today's training video. Even if he is not satisfied with O'Brien's training plan, his job is still to be completed. But Steve Cole invited Leon to go to the Telfair restaurant in Boston for afternoon tea. Leon thought for a while and seemed to have no reason to refuse, so he agreed to Cole's invitation.

Since being traded by the Spurs to the Celtics, Cole has been in Boston for a while. Recently, he has been living in a high-end hotel not far from the Massachusetts government, not far from Leon’s apartment. The Celtics will pay for hotel accommodation for about two months, and then they will rely on Cole to solve the housing problem by himself.

After calling and arranging the restaurant, Cole drove Leon to the city in the Chevrolet he rented in Boston. Cole seemed very enthusiastic along the way and kept chatting with Leon. He spoke a standard American English accent. Because he is a Lebanese, he learned standard English.

　　 "Today you and O'Brien don't seem to deal with each other. It seems that he didn't adopt your training plan, right?" Cole quickly shifted the topic to today's team conflict.

　　 Leon didn’t know how Cole knew the specifics, but he still replied: “Yes, but he’s the head coach and everything depends on him.”

　　 Cole smiled and said, "In the Celtics, everything will only listen to Mr. Arnold Auerbach."

　　 In the draft, although Leon dominated the strategy of robbing the Spurs, it was Danny Ainge who ultimately decided who to pick from the Spurs. And the reason why Angie picked Cole, in addition to the Spurs' intention to send Cole away, it hit it off. The Celtics needed a veteran like Cole to hold the battle. Auerbach's appointment also played a decisive role.

　　 Leon didn't know that when he was training in Los Angeles, Auerbach met with Steve Kerr twice in Boston, once at the signing ceremony of Steve Kerr, and once in a private meeting. Kerr is nearing the end of his career. As a successful role player on the court, he is also outstanding off the court. No matter which team he goes to, he has a close relationship with the team management. It can be foreseen that he will retire in the future. It is bound to get a good position related to basketball.

As a banner figure of the NBA, Auerbach made a promise to Cole that he would provide enough help after he retires. Whether he wants to become a commentator, manager or coach, Auerbach will provide his own connections and resources. The price Cole needs to come back is to support Leon in the team.

However, Cole’s support method is very unique. He did not fight O'Brien in training. On the contrary, he came to be a peacemaker to help O'Brien resolve the crisis, and this is what makes him clever. This helped O'Brien's embarrassment and also resisted the harm that public opinion might cause to him after the conflict became public. Although Leon has begun to have his own small-scale influence in the New York media circles, in Boston, the media circles are not polite to Leon.

　　 Cole invited Leon to drink afternoon tea to prove his identity. How smart Leon is. When Cole said, "Everything will only listen to Mr. Auerbach," Leon probably knows the situation. After leaving New York for Los Angeles from the end of the draft, Leon never contacted Auerbach directly. The old man seemed to have forgotten him. He did not expect that he still cared about him meticulously and sent people to protect him everywhere.

"I have read your training plan, including a complete analysis of the entire team's operation and tactical philosophy. It was a fax from Mr. Auerbach. To be honest, this is the best I have ever seen and done in my career. One of the training plans. But Mr. Auerbach had long guessed that O'Brien would probably not use your plan. He told me to deal with any conflicts that might arise.” In Telfair’s restaurant, Cole drank coffee. Leon said.

　　 "Then what should I do next? Wait? Or do something." Leon asked.

"Do your job well. By the middle of the season, I think it will change." Cole said, sighed, changed his tone and said: "You know, I have heard of Mr. Auerbach a long time ago. Now I know how capable he is. I want to ask you Leon, do you know how difficult it is to become a head coach of the NBA?"

Leon listened and shook his head. For him, the position of the head coach seems to be within reach. Although his mentality is still very stable, he knows that there will be a lot of hard work to get there, but how difficult it is for him. There is really no concept. There are some things that cannot be pieced together without experience and experience.

Cole said, "Do you know Jeff Van Gundy? Now the coach of the Knicks, the black-eyed workaholic. He once gave up his Yale University status to go to a small college to study for the basketball team. UU Reading www. uukanshu.com He has been a basketball coach since 1985. He is an excellent assistant coach and assisted four head coaches. When he was in office, his team would enter the playoffs every year. He worked hard. , Easy to learn, I have been in contact with him. This guy is a basketball fanatic. He stays up late every day to watch videos or tactical manuals. It is such a person who has been an assistant coach for a full ten years. It was not until 1995 that he finally became As the head coach of the New York Knicks, he led the eighth Knicks to the Finals in 1999. He is an amazing coach."

Kerr’s words meant something. Undoubtedly, he felt that Leon wanted to take up the position of head coach too early. At the same time, he was a little envious and jealous of Leon, because there was an Auerbach who was trying to overcome all difficulties and tried everything He was successfully sent to the position of coach. Cole didn't understand what kind of abilities or magic powers this man had in his body that made the Cardinal so fancy that he paid so much for him.

Cole still remembers the way Auerbach smoked in the study, squinted slightly, raised his head slightly, slowly spit out the smoke ring in his mouth, and then gently leaned back on the seat, with a kind of relaxation But looking at each other in a majestic posture, with a smile on his face, as if seeing everything through, Cole was deeply impressed.

Facing Cole’s question, Leon lifted the black tea in front of him, squinted slightly, raised his head slightly, took a sip of the tea, and then relaxed leaning on the seat back, looking at Cole with a similar look on his face. With a smile.

　　 "I think, maybe, I'm more suitable for this job." Leon said.

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